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H. A. MOYER.

SIDE SPRING VEHICLE.

N0.-325,182. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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H. A. MOYER.

SIDE SPRING VEHICLE.

Patented Aug 25, 1885'.

ATTEET- INVENTUR- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY A. MOYER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SIDE-SPRING VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.325,182, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed January 3, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAnvEY A. Moran, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Side-Spring Vehicles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of sidespring vehicles which have the side springs hung on crosssprings mounted on the axle and head-block, respectively, of the hind and front runninggear, and the body supported on the central. portion of the side springs.

The object of the invention is to provide simple, inexpensive, and effective means for preventing torsional strain on the springs and on the connections of the same; and to that end my invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively side and end elevations of a vehicle proi'ided with my improvements. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view illustrating the attachment of the bodysupporting crossbar. Fig. 5 is an isometric detail view of the coupling of the side spring to the cross spring, and Fig. 6 illustrates modifications of the construction of the coupling end of the sidesprin g.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

S S represent the side springs, on the central portions of which the body B is hung, as hereinafter described, and 0 denotes one of the cross-springs, which is mounted on the axle A and arranged to vibrate in a vertical planein the usual manner, and is coupled to the ends of the side springs, S S, by the following means, viz: The side springs have the ends of their main leaves below the crossspring and projecting beyond the same, and to the top of the end portion on each of said side springs is rigidly attached an eye, 6, which projects upward from the same, and it is seated on top of the side spring and fastened in position by rivets r r, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Said eye, with its base, is formed of malleable iron, and, if desired, the base thereof may be made of the shape of the end of the side spring and welded onto the leaf of the spring, as represented-in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The eye e proper stands parallel to and in range with the cross-spring (J, and the end of the latter is formed in the shape of a trunnion, t, which projects through the eye 6 and has its pro truding end screw-threaded for the reception of a nut, n, by which the trunnion is retained in the eye. The cross-spring is provided at the inner end of the trunnion t with a shoulder, 8, by which it abuts against the inner face of the eye 6. The described coupling of the two springs S and 0, allows the side spring to freely vibrate vertically and distend and contract longitudinally without exerting torsional strain on the cross-spring. The body B is hung on the central portion of the side spring by cross-bars D D, secured to the under side of the body and extended across the under side of the side spring, to which they are rigidly attach ed by clipsf, embracing said spring in the usual manner.

If desired to obviate torsional strain on the body-supporting bars D, elastic cushions a. and d and washers c 'v v may be interposed between the cross-bars D D and body and between the said cross-bars and the nuts 9 of the attaching-bolts b, which latter pass through said cushions and washers and through the cross-bars and bottom of the body, as shown in Figs. 3 and4 of the drawings.

1 do not claim, broadly, theinterposition of rubber cushions between the bodysupporting bar and body and between the said bar and the nut of the clip or bolt which attaches the bar to the body, as I am aware the same is not new.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the cross-spring 0, arranged in a vertical plane and having integral with it the trunnions t t, the side springs, S, having the ends of their main leaves below the cross-sprin gs and projecting beyond the same, and the eyes 6 e, rigidly attached to the top of the end portions of said main leaves and projecting upward from the same, substantially as specified and shown.

2. In combination with the cross-sprin g pro vided with the trunnion t, the side spring, S, having the end of its main leaf below the crossspring and projecting beyond the same, of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the and the eye 0, provided with a flat base, 6, county of Onondaga, in the State of New seated upon the end portion of the side spring, York, this 11th day of November, 1884. and rivets w", fastening said eye in position, HARVEY A. MOYER. [L. s]

5 substantially as described and shown. Witnesses:

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed FREDERICK H. GIBBS,

my name and affixed my seal, in the presence 0. H. DUELL. 

